Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
30 November 2021
Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Since 2018, Judge Jason Lidyard of Rio Arriba County, N.M., has forged a new model for a drug court. Instead of demanding abstinence from drugs as the price to stay out of jail, Lidyard uses respect and personal relat...
11 November 2021
Vermont, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A centralized communication and record keeping system, along with ensuring convenience for the largely rural population, led Vermont to the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate nationwide. The centralized system keeps tr...
9 November 2021
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Programs like UCAN Chicago use "violence interrupters" to mediate disputes before they turn violent and to connect people at risk of violence to the services that will give them a chance at a more stable, peaceful lif...
3 November 2021
Donostia, Spain
Text
1500-3000 Words
A group of volunteers came together to fed young people, mostly immigrants, living on the streets. Around 40 residents of Egia began cooking hot meals to serve to people in a local community square. Two volunteers are...
1 November 2021
Kano, Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
REACH (“Reaching Everyone with Accessible Community Health”) provides preventive and curative healthcare through a community-based health insurance initiative that offers different packages of care. Community members ...
The Precision NG
Shola Ilesanmi
29 October 2021
Ondo, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Abiyamo Maternal and Child Health Insurance Scheme provides free maternal and early childhood care, including hospital deliveries, to improve maternal and childhood survival rates. The government made a budgetary ...
The National
Hendia Alashepy
29 October 2021
Libya
Text
800-1500 Words
Libya’s Electoral Outreach Ambassadors program aims to increase women’s trust in the political process and register new voters. The female ambassadors are experienced in civil society participation but are not affilia...
22 October 2021
Richland County, Ohio, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
To combat rising infant mortality rates, rural Richland County’s public health officials began a program to meet the needs of new and soon-to-be moms. The program provides maternal and infant care education as well as...
21 October 2021
Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The COVID Ambassador program trains people to listen, be empathetic, and acknowledge people’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns. Ambassadors’ training includes substantial practice talking to people who are resistant to getti...
20 October 2021
Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Cleveland State University used a grant to open up Lift Up Vikes! Resource Center and Food Pantry on campus where students in need can get groceries, including fresh produce and canned goods. Many CSU students faced f...
18 October 2021
Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
The Lifesaving Intervention Project offers postnatal services to mothers and newborns via community health workers who are trained in maternal and child health. After giving birth, the women receive follow-up care ove...
12 October 2021
La Giajira, Colombia
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
IPSI Palaima is working to vaccinate Indigenous families who live in hard-to-reach areas of La Guajira, where there are no paved roads, electricity, or running water and staff must use cars, boats, and motorbikes to r...
Nation Africa
Angela Oketch
12 October 2021
Homa Bay, Kenya
Text
1500-3000 Words
Pama Care is an initiative that coordinates HIV care within a family to address barriers to adherence to achieve viral suppression in children and adults. All HIV positive family members are put on the same medication...
1 October 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Vote Forward, an apolitical non-profit organization aimed at turning out voters, coordinated more than 50 partner organizations to boost turnout in the 2020 election through a letter-writing campaign. The letters were...
30 September 2021
Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Although several Colorado law enforcement agencies have trained officers on how to de-escalate interactions with people in a crisis, including people with disabilities, the state in 2022 will become the latest to mand...
29 September 2021
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new California law makes universal mail-in voting permanent after it was temporarily adopted for the 2020 election in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Expansion of mail-in voting in 2020 resulted in higher vote...
25 September 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Though police have removed barricades from the protest zone around George Floyd Square, it remains a popular gathering place for people. The church across from the spot where George Floyd was murdered in May 2020 has...
23 September 2021
Kampala, Uganda
Text
800-1500 Words
Volunteers around Kampala help people living with HIV – who often seek medical care far from their homes due to stigma - get their medications during COVID-19 lockdowns. The volunteers mainly use bicycles to deliver t...
22 September 2021
Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Grace Upon Grace Project seeks to address period poverty – the inability of people who menstruate to afford sanitary supplies – by providing free access to tampons and pads. The organization hosts a monthly free p...
Daily Trust
Risikat Ramoni
19 September 2021
Lagos, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
Doctors and nurses with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria provide free specialized care to over 5,000 people at a local hospital. An annual CT scan monitors patients' risk of stroke, with those who are high-risk gett...
16 September 2021
Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Demand for self-managed abortions increased as more states restrict women’s access to care. AidAccess provides women with abortion pills via affordable virtual consultations with its 10 medical providers, serving all ...
FreshWater Cleveland
Sydney Kornegay
15 September 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Project ACT provides support services to 1,000 Cleveland public school students experiencing homelessness or living with guardians other than their parents. Students are set up with a life skills coach who provides em...
14 September 2021
United Kingdom
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
To limit the spread of COVID-19, the Everyone In initiative offers housing to people experiencing homelessness. In the first few months of the program, the government paid for hotel rooms – which were empty due to the...
Rwanda Dispatch
James Rwema
14 September 2021
Rwanda
Text
800-1500 Words
The RapidSMS program provides mobile phones to connect pregnant women, community health workers (CHWs), ambulances, and hospitals. CHWs enter data into phones to track all pregnant women, monitor prenatal care, and id...
10 September 2021
Michigan, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Between 2012 and 2017, the rate of recidivism, the number of people who return to prison after being released, was 71 percent across 34 states. Goodwill has a program aimed at lowering that called GreenWorks an indus...
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